TASTEOLOGIE! Welcome the newest, most delectably inspiring side of NOTCOT! Our new food section launches today!

Inspired by 50's wallpaper and a love of Sputnik this new design created by Elizabeth Kelly was released today

Branding for Food Up Front, a scheme that encourages people to use their front gardens for growing food. The identity is adaptable and the business cards have seeds in them!

Bayer MaterialScience has won one of the prestigious 2010 iF communication design awards for its multi-media Sample-Box, designed by GOLDEN PLANET Design and soloTM Kommunikationsdesign.

Gorgeous NEW def•i•ni•tion series. Great for home, gallery, office,conference room, etc. Click for link and later visit seanlamoureux.com for more work and contact information.

UnderConsideration redesigns their site, Quipsologies. Humor ensued in the introductory post pointed towards other blogs in good fun. [Editor's note: LOL]

The debut issue of typography magazine, 8 Faces, is available as a pdf. The printed version was a limited-edition of 1,000 that sold out in under 2 hours. There are interviews with Erik Spiekermann, Jessica Hische, Ian Coyle, etc.

Urban Daddy and Grey Goose team up to make a gorgeous Dashboard to help you beautifully visualize the night scene in NYC on any given day... more cities coming soon!

The illustrated guide to a Ph.D. by Matt Might.

Typographeee.com is the online incarnation of a book which was designed as a typographic primer for fledgling design students as well as a reference tool for all designers with a passion for typography.

A collection of postcards from the near-future with clues to an open and happier Helsinki. Perhaps what you might see when you visit Helsinki as the World Design Capital in 2012.

Resource Furniture shows off their space-saving and elegant furniture.

Unsuckit ~ translating business/social media jargon back to normal

SHARK ATTACK! - an awesome infographic by Chris Rooney.

Move-it is a DIY kit and a makeshift trolley that will help you cart your load of shopping, when you walk back home.

3RD ANNUAL PORTLAND LETTERPRESS PRINTERS’ FAIR – AUG 14 – Demos, Print Shops, Suppliers, Resources, Type, Equipment, Cards, Broadsides, Ephemera, Overstocks, Seconds, Deals, Rarities and More!

Inspiration: Let's Get Lost! A look at some visual research of beautiful images of places to lose yourself... and fill with your imagination!

Scout Regalia introduces the first of the SR Cutsheet Projects, a series of free instruction sheets available on their website to help people build simple projects for the home.

Being a great industrial designer requires a nuanced balance of many important skills and personality traits, but which matter the most?

Google Font Directory ~ live previewing of fonts!

Designed by Alessandro Mendini for Valcucine, the LaCucinaAlessi kitchen stems from the poetry of the curved line.

While Stocks Last. A document of Madrid's urban details by Leandro Lattes.

The work of "ciclostile architettura" for École del Rusco '09, a cultural and artistic manifestation offering new and creative solutions for environmental protection and resource recovery through the combination of waste and art.

Roundup of the designs made at the Laser Party hosted by Design Glut and NY Designs - like laser cut ham sandwiches by our friends, Jan Habraken and Alissia Melka-Teichroew!

1notion artist representation just launched a brand new website with an amazing lineup of photographers.

This info-graphic about fads across time was created by Plaid-Creative. Who knew beanie babies would have lasted so long!

An impressive interactive infographic designed by Jason Bishop (jasonbishop.net) for the NRDC that explains the affects of the Gulf Coast oil spill on marine life and the ocean

With the new bike sharing scheme starting this month London’s Cycle Cafe’s are becoming even more popular as the hangout of choice for café and coffee lovers on two wheels.

Modalux ~ new blog focusing on "Modern Asian Luxury"

A peek into our philosophies on work/life and the "corporate culture" emerging within NOTCOT...

Inspiration Image roundup ~ first in a new sponsored series by Veer, this time we're exploring signage which lead us to fun graphic icons... and beyond!

Designed by Jordi Gali, the Barceló Raval hotel in Barcelona, Spain, features 2200 Basotect ceiling baffles made from BASF's flexible melamine resin foam.

Bernal Bucks ~ buy a sticker, affix it to a 5$ or 10$ bill ~ and help support Bernal, while getting special deals when using those bills at various businesses! It's expanding into a Visa Debit Card as well...

A really nice piece looking back on the life and work of Tobias Wong in the NY Times [R.I.P Tobias Wong, forever a NOTCOT favorite]

A reference tool and graphic design primer cataloging a history of graphic design, it's most famous names and the events essential to its development.

A New City Landscape London, New York Twitter Contour Maps - Tweetography.

The LED-lamp WRAPPED GLASS was inspired by the Czech Sumperak House, whose architecture recalls a modernist style, an untypical design for the 1960s. Bundle of 10 laboratory glasses, equipped with 10 LED

App for iPhone/iPad and online interface that uses previous user input to generate meaningful responses to your instant messages.

Next week, London College of Communication launches Futurising, the inaugural two-day festival dedicated to supporting and guiding creative graduates.

This map shows all trains (yellow pins) on the London Underground network in approximately real time, using live departure data from the TfL API.

The Secret To Time Zone Hopping ~ a peek at some of the tools and gadgets that can help make the transition easier!

Scott Pilgrim Avatar Creator! An Epic of Epic Epicness... I'm apparently "The Sarcastic Friend" Rating: Awesome.

Image searching sucks. @Thinkstock will do it for you. Give 'em a shout.

Bitly.tv ~ a fun experiment to view top videos in real time from our favorite link shortener, Bit.ly